Beware before you install the new DLC...new level cap system irreversible?

Borderlands 2 BL2 General Discussion
#1

I’ve got 5K+ hours invested in this wonderful game, still love it to bits. Digistruct Peak is the best part of the game to me for the elevated challenge it offers, so I’m very happy with the OP1-8 system as much as some see it as something to get over with.

Installed the new DLC yesterday, played through it, and was pleasantly surprised that aside from difficulty, it felt like the game of old.

Two thumbs up, especially for a free update - thanks Gearbox!

But when I later went to play one of my old OP8 toons for a run through Sawtooth, the baddies there were all level 72-75, and all were push overs.

Now while I haven’t leveled past 74 yet and so clearly don’t know how the new OP1-10 system works, this threw a scare into me that the old system of difficulty is well and truly gone. I feared that along with it, will be my many carefully honed, self-limited, and practiced past runs through the Peak that I still do regularly for fun.

So I tried uninstalling the new DLC by unchecking it in my Steam list. Started a game, tried one of my old OP8 toons and received an error that told me that I did not have the proper DLC installed to get past 72 (the only DLC I uninstalled was the new Lilith DLC, not the two UVHM Upgrade Packs). Indeed, all of the baddies I’m seeing are level 72.

Is there any way to revert my game back to pre-Lilith DLC leveling system, or is this update permanently game-changing?

#2

This thread should hopefully answer your questions in detail. The short version is that max level is now 80 and their are 10 OP levels on top of that. To access your unlocked OP levels again, you’ll need to get to level 80 first.

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#3

Thank you for the link, VaultHunter101.

It helped to put things into perspective, especially that I wasn’t the only one not understanding how things were working.

Now if only the cross play between Windows/Mac/Linux could be figured out!

#4

I was looking for updates on the Aspyr blog about the Mac version of BL2 for the 4K textures but didn’t see anything since they announced they were working on it. Maybe they’re also working on the 5th DLC?